A 47-year-old man was seriously injured after a tree snapped midway and fell on his moving motorcycle and two parked cars in Thane’s Vartak Nagar area on October 20, according to officials from the Thane Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC).
The incident occurred near Kores Towers, outside Runwal Plaza Tower on Kores Road along Pokhran Road No. 1. The Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management cell received information about the incident at 4.41 pm and sent emergency personnel to the location.
The injured man was identified as Mahesh Babu Dhuri. He suffered injuries to his head, face and hand and was admitted to Dr Anant Vaibases Ortho Trauma Centre on Pokhran Road No. 1 for treatment, the RDMC said.
The fallen tree also damaged Dhuri’s Honda Shine motorcycle, which was travelling along the road when the tree came down. Two cars parked beside the road were affected as well. Officials said a Skoda Kylaq sustained extensive damage, while a Hyundai i20 suffered minor damage.
Personnel from the Vartak Nagar police station, the fire brigade and the Thane disaster management cell reached the site after the incident. The fire brigade deployed a rescue vehicle and an emergency vehicle, while the disaster management team arrived with a pickup vehicle.
Fire brigade personnel and disaster management staff cut the fallen tree into sections and moved it away from the road to clear the affected area. The source report said further details about the incident were awaited.
In a separate incident in Thane district on the same day, a fire broke out in the electric fuse board inside the cabin of an empty truck near Mumbra Bridge at Y Junction in Mumbra during the early hours. The incident was reported at about 2.12 am, according to the Shil Fire Station.
The truck was travelling from Mumbra Bridge towards Shilphata when the fire started. Firefighters reached the location with one fire engine and, with assistance from local residents, extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported in that incident, officials said.
